Clubs: US Cremonese, Torino FC, Brescia Calcio (loan), Real Betis Balompié, Parma FC, AS Roma (loan)
• A speedy left-back, Castellini played lower-league football for Cremonese before moving in 2000 to Torino, where he achieved promotion to Serie A in his first season and went on to play for Italy at the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
• Made 65 Serie A appearances in two years for Torino before joining home-town club Brescia on loan midway through 2003/04 following the Granata's relegation the previous campaign.
• Moved abroad to play in Spain with Betis in 2004 but barely featured in two injury-wrecked seasons; found his feet again in Italy with Parma, whom he linked up with in summer 2006.
• Relegated with Parma in 2008 but promoted at the first attempt as runners-up and reached 95 Serie A appearances for the club by the end of 2009/10.
• Joined Roma on loan for 2010/11 and made his UEFA Champions League debut on Matchday 2 in a 2-1 home win against CFR 1907 Cluj.
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| Date | Competition | Phase | Mins | GS | A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The home team is listed first. | Last updated: 12/06/2013 02:33 CET | |||||||||
| 16.09.2012 | Italian Serie A | Pescara | 2-3 | Sampdoria | 23 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 04.11.2012 | Italian Serie A | Sampdoria | 1-2 | Atalanta | 90 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10.12.2012 | Italian Serie A | Sampdoria | 0-2 | Udinese | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16.12.2012 | Italian Serie A | Catania | 3-1 | Sampdoria | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 05.05.2013 | Italian Serie A | Udinese | 3-1 | Sampdoria | 90 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 08.05.2013 | Italian Serie A | Sampdoria | 1-1 | Catania | 90 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18.05.2013 | Italian Serie A | Sampdoria | 3-2 | Juventus | 90 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team | P | GS |
| Italy U-21 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
|---|
| UEFA Champions League | ||
| Club | P | GS |
| Roma | 4 | 0 |
| Betis | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| UEFA Europa League | ||
| Club | P | GS |
| Parma | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | ||
| Club | P | GS |
| Torino | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|